Amanda Blanc
Zurich uncertain of staff numbers following underwriting shakeup
Exclusive: Zurich has said it is uncertain as to whether or not it will lose staff as a result of its recent shake up to change where certain types of business are underwritten.
Blog: What is Amanda Blanc’s legacy at Axa as she heads to Zurich?
Following the news yesterday that Amanda Blanc is to leave Axa to join Zurich as its CEO for Europe, Middle East & Africa, Jonathan Swift looks back at her time at the French insurer and assesses her legacy
Amanda Blanc will 'wake up' Zurich, brokers say
Zurich’s capture of Axa UK CEO Amanda Blanc will “wake up” the insurer, brokers have said.
Amanda Blanc leaves Axa for Zurich
Axa UK’s CEO Amanda Blanc is joining Zurich as CEO for Europe, Middle East & Africa, in replacement of Gary Shaughnessy.
Interview: Matthew Reed, Equipsme
A veteran of brokers Towergate and Hyperion Group, and latterly insurer Axa, Matthew Reed is now fronting his own insurtech. Here he speaks to Jonathan Swift about how the managing general agent plans to make it easier for brokers to sell corporate…
Insurance leaders pledge to pass on personal injury reform savings
Insurance leaders have pledged to pass on all savings made through the Civil Liability Bill reforms to policyholders.
Axa denies U-turn after customer has excess refunded from Liverpool car park fire
Exclusive: Axa has denied it has made a U-turn after a customer had their excess refunded from the Liverpool car park fire.
Analysis: Insurers torched on Twitter over Liverpool Fire
How social media influenced the response of insurers to the Liverpool fire
Market Moves: February 2018
Some of the movers and shakers in the market this month
Brendan McCafferty to leave Axa as part of restructure
Brendan McCafferty has left Axa with immediate effect, 11 months into his tenure as CEO for intermediated and direct.
Blog: The golden age of insurance is yet to come
The demand for transparency and diversity is changing the insurance market and shaping the personalities of future industry leaders, writes Brokerbility chairman Ashwin Mistry.
MP launches petition to freeze IPT rise
An MP has launched a petition urging the government not to raise the Insurance Premium Tax in next week’s budget.
Career Development: Axa latest insurer to sign Women in Finance Charter
Axa has signed the Women in Finance Charter.
Interview: Brendan McCafferty, Axa
Brendan McCafferty joined Axa as CEO, intermediated and direct, in February. He talks to Will Kirkman about his new role
Axa transfers £600m historical liability book to Riverstone
Axa has started transferring its historical disease liability book of business to Riverstone.
Blog: Injured claimants are not lobby fodder
I spent 15 years working for a number of insurance companies before ‘crossing the floor’ to be the managing director of Minster Law, a claimant firm. Whether moving from insurance to the law is a step up the public approval rankings or a step down is a…
McCafferty joins Axa as CEO
Brendan McCafferty has joined Axa as CEO for intermediated and direct insurance after holding the position of Flood Re CEO.
Post Power List 2017: Amanda Blanc
UK group CEO, Axa
Axa's Duverne on the insurance industry waking up to women decision-makers
2016 may go down as the year the insurance sector woke up to the growing importance of women in the global economy and recognised that it needs to address their requirements for a whole range of products and services. Whether as entrepreneurs or heads of…
Insurers welcome government's whiplash consultation after MoJ u-turn
Insurers have welcomed the government’s whiplash reform consultation, which launched today after apparently being 'shelved' in October.
Axa calls for end of construction on flood plains as flash floods hit
Following today’s flash floods that saw half a month’s worth of rain dumped over parts of England, Axa has called for the government to end construction on flood plains and encourage greater resilence in repairs.
Axa UK can meet global COR targets says CEO Amanda Blanc
Axa's UK CEO Amanda Blanc believes that the business is on target to meet the ambitious improved targets for group-wide combined operating ratio set out as part of its new four year strategic plan yesterday.
ABI has never been more relevant to its members says outgoing chair Paul Evans
The Association of British Insurers has never been “more relevant to its members” and “the work, focus and voice of the ABI is directed by its members, for its members” according to outgoing chairman Paul Evans.
Post Blog: Why Amanda Blanc's ascension to Axa UK CEO was never in doubt
The news last week that Amanda Blanc is to become CEO of Axa UK was probably among the least surprising insurance-related announcements in the last decade